"Notwithstanding Zonta's derision for the new engines, he lapped only three
seconds slower around the twisty Jerez track than team-mate Ralf Schumacher
in testing yesterday."
Only THREE seconds behind?
Thats like forgetting your car and leaving it at the shop slow in F1 talk.
Or, like driving for Menardi :)
-Larry
"mcewena" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?PO_ID=34205
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> ;)
>
I got the impression was that Ralf was in the current car and Zonta in
the smaller capacity one...Not sure tho.
Cheers
Larry wrote in news:azc%e.10034$B%5.4726@lakeread06:
The concensus of opinion is that there are at least two factors
that will come into play with the V8s. The first is that the new
units are running in their lowest stage of performance. Just like
the V10s tended to get better over each season -- and even during
a season -- the V8s will also get better.
The second is that the V8s will be considerably different in a
number of areas as far as size, weight, centre of gravity, etc.
All these factor combine to mean that a new chasis will be
required to optimize the chassis/gearbox/engine combination, and
this new chassis will be faster with the V8s than the old chassis
(designed for the bigger V10).
Estimates range of course, but most people expect the new V8 cars
to only be a second or two slower on average than the V10s they
replace. (A V10 at the end of a long development cycle.) Within a
year or two, they could be as fast or faster, assuming that other
rule changes affecting speed are not implemented.
Finally, other than "detuned" V10s in the first year, the V8s will
be running against other V8s, so it doesn't matter that they are
slower than the V10s they replace.
--
Darryl
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> "Notwithstanding Zonta's derision for the new engines, he lapped > only three seconds slower around the twisty Jerez track than > team-mate Ralf Schumacher in testing yesterday." > > Only THREE seconds behind? > > Thats like forgetting your car and leaving it at the shop slow > in F1 talk. > > Or, like driving for Menardi :) > > -Larry >istoff wrote:
> I got the impression was that Ralf was in the current car and Zonta in
> the smaller capacity one...Not sure tho.
>
> Cheers
> That would be my understanding too.
Cheers
Tony
On 30 Sep 2005 07:49:39 -0700, "mcewena" <[email hidden]>
wrote:
>http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?PO_ID=34205
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>;)
Lame joke IMHO-wondered WTF was going on when I went to
ESPN and didn't see anything on what would be huge news.
